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= Safiya Sinclair = Safiya Sinclair is a Jamaican poet.

Early Life and Career
Carolina de Robertis was born in Uruguay, later moving to Los Angeles with her parents. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. She also received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Mills College in 2007.

de Robertis released her first book, The Invisible Mountain, in 2009. The novel was an international best-seller, being translated into 17 languages, including Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Hebrew, and Chinese. It won best book for the San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Booklist. It was also a finalist for the California Book Award, an International Latino Book Award, and the VCU Cabell First Book Award.

She worked as a rape counselor and was very active in the Bay Area's LGBTQ+ community for ten years in her 20's.

Novels

 * The Gods of Tango (2015)
 * Pearla (2014)
 * The Invisible Mountain (2009)

Translation

 * "Tripych" by Raquel Lubartowski (2017)
 * The Neruda Case by Roberto Ampuero (2012)
 * "I Never Went to Blanes" by Diego Trelles Paz (2010)
 * Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra
 * "Trans: A Love Story" by Gabriela Wiener (2007)

Essays

 * "Why We Must Listen to Women" for the Easy Bay Express (2017)
 * "We Need the Real, Racist Atticus Finch" for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review (2015)
 * "Translating a Pablo Neruda Mystery" for Publishers Weekly (2012)
 * "42 Poorly Kept Secrets About Montevideo" for The Indiana Review (2006)

Other Works

 * Radical Hope (2017)
 * "The Tango Police" for CNET's Technically Literate Series (2017)
 * "For Orlando" for the San Francisco Chronicle (2016)
 * "On the Brink of Words" for the 580 Split (2009)
 * "The Askers" for the Virginia Quarterly Review (2009)

Honors and Awards

 * Rhegium Julii Prize (2010)
 * Stonewall Book Award (2016)
 * Terrific Read from O, The Oprah Magazine
 * San Francisco Chronicle, the Best Books of 2015
 * 2012 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts